First case in Spain of contagion of the omicron strain by community transmission

  • This is a 62-year-old man from the Community of Madrid, who had neither traveled to the southern cone of Africa nor had close contact with others affected by the variant

A 62-year-old man who neither has traveled nor had close contact With no person coming from countries in the southern cone of Africa, this Thursday has become the third confirmed case in the Community of Madrid of a person infected with covid through the omicron variant. The man presented the first symptoms on November 29 and at this moment he is isolating himself at his home, just as his cohabitating contact is keeping the mandatory quarantine, as reported by the Ministry of Health. At the moment, the patient has mild symptoms and is vaccinated with both doses of AstraZeneca.

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With this, there are already four confirmed cases of omicron in Spain, after the two that this week have been confirmed in Madrid and another in the Balearic Islands. Two other cases are still pending in Catalonia. Madrid health authorities are investigating two other cases with suspected infection for this new variant, both with mild symptoms and also without a history of travel to risky countries.

Reference-www.elperiodico.com

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